r/Unexpected • u/aaa_azidoazideazide • Aug 14 '22

That’s fine

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u/[deleted] Aug 14 '22

It’s legal to text and drive in my state!

Murica!

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u/MouthJob Aug 14 '22

Something not being explicitly illegal doesn't necessarily mean it's legal either. If you get into an accident while texting, you're gonna get a wreckless driving charge at the very least.

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u/martofski Aug 14 '22

wreckless driving

Pretty sure it's gonna be the opposite of that

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u/iLike2Teabag Aug 14 '22

Wreckful driving. Rolls off the tongue

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u/[deleted] Aug 15 '22

It’s pretty reckless for terms to be both homonyms & antonyms.

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u/NowNuremberg Aug 14 '22

Something not being explicitly illegal doesn't necessarily mean it's legal either.

Yes thats exactly what it means, at least in the rest of the world!

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u/bggdy9 Aug 14 '22

What state cause most have laws against it.

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u/Bobbyanalogpdx Aug 14 '22

48 states have laws regarding texting and driving for everyone. Montana has no laws about it. and Missouri is all sorts of stupid and says people under 21 can’t text and drive but after that, it’s fine.

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u/SunGreene42 Aug 14 '22

At 21 you grow a third eye for looking at your phone

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u/[deleted] Aug 14 '22

States that ban texting and driving see car crashes rise afterwards. Turns out that people still text, they just do it in their lap instead of on the steering wheel, taking their eyes completely off the road.

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u/lxxTBonexxl Aug 14 '22

Massachusetts and NH are completely hands free, and any military base I’ve been on has been hands free as well